++ [ originally posted by mikhail ] ++
BS. Niemi is a quality keeper. Who does he play for? Green is tipped for an England cap (admittedly not hard these days) - who does he play for? Friedal?
Most of the keepers in the EPL are pretty good, with some blunderful exceptions. The problem there right now is that there aren't any really amazing keepers. Cech may be that good, but I'd be keeping clean sheets behind that team. Cudicini is good, but not playing. Howard looked good, but hit a bad patch and now can't get in ahead of the merely solid Caroll. Dudek was a great keeper a couple of years ago, but now seems to have gone to seed. Kirkland and Robinson are both overrated. Kiely is solid as a rock - I've never seen they guy make an error. Given is bloody good when he's at his best, but struggles behind an aweful defense.